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Originally Posted by alaskayorkie  I wanted Eddie to be a superstar athlete. I put him in agility. I worked with him every day on jumps and teeter-totters and all kinds of stuff. He did well. But I was flabbergasted when I dogsat a friend's female Yorkie who put Eddie to shame athletically. She ran faster, jumped higher and, while untrained, was obviously a better natural athlete.
So I wonder. Are most Yorkies gifted athletes or are most Yorkies just average? Do they amaze you when they jump up on couches or chase a squirrel? Or are they like you'd expect: Just normal.
When you look at your Yorkie's pure athletic ability, how would you rank him or her? |
I think Uni is an athlete, perhaps not Olympian, but maybe like minor leagues. She has LP grade 2, but still she loves to jump. We have the home AKC agility high jump thingamabob, and she can clear it with the pole almost to the top. It could help that she has unusually long legs tho.
Also she can go for super long walks. After a 2 mile hilly walk in the park, she's still ready for more. One day we went to three parks in a row and she still wasn't ready to go home.
She's a super fast runner too. I think it's those legs again. I've always wanted to pit her up against a whippet. A full sized greyhound would not be fair.